January 30th Birthdays

Jody Watley, versatile American singer, record producer and founder of Avitone Records, was born on this day in 1959, in Chicago, Illinois.

• 1930
  Gene Hackman, American actor
• 1937
  Vanessa Redgrave, English actress
  Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
• 1951
  Phil Collins, English musician
  Charles S. Dutton, American actor
• 1956
  Jeremy Gittins, English actor
• 1958
  Brett Butler, American actress, comedian
• 1959
  Mark Eitzel, American singer, musician
• 1962
  King Abdullah II of Jordan
• 1963
  Tina Malone, English actress
• 1964
  Otis Smith, American basketball player
• 1965
  Julie McCullough, American model, actress
• 1967
  Jay Gordon, American musician
• 1968
  Trevor Dunn, American musician
  King Felipe VI of Spain
• 1971
  Darren Boyd, British actor
  Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
• 1973
  Jalen Rose, American basketball player
• 1974
  Christian Bale, English actor
  Olivia Colman, English actress
• 1976
  Andy Milonakis, American comedian
• 1977
  Deltha O’Neal, American football player
• 1978
  John Patterson, American baseball player
• 1980
  Josh Kelly, American musician
  Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
• 1981
  Jonathan Bender, American basketball player
• 1984
  Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player
  Kid Cudi, American hip hop performer
• 1985
  Trae Williams, American football player
• 1986
  Sam Duckworth, British singer, songwriter
  Nick Evans, American baseball player
• 1988
  Rob Pinkston, American actor
• 1989
  Khleo Thomas, American actor, rapper
• 1990
  Jake Thomas, American actor
• 2005
  Prince Hashem bin Al Abdullah II of Jordan

January Birthday Calendar

Died on January 30th:

• 1934
  Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (age 72)
• 1948
  Mahatma Gandhi, independence leader (age 78)
  Orville Wright, American pilot, engineer (age 76)
• 1980
  Professor Longhair, American singer, pianist (age 61)
• 1982
  Stanley Holloway, English actor, singer (age 91)
  Lightnin’ Hopkins, American singer, guitarist (age 69)
• 1999
  Huntz Hall, American actor (age 78)
• 2001
  Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (age 90)
• 2006
  Coretta Scott King, American author, activist (age 78)
  Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright, academic (age 55)
• 2007
  Sidney Sheldon, American author, screenwriter (age 89)
• 2013
  Patty Andrews, American singer (age 94)
• 2015
  Geraldine McEwan, English actress (age 82)
• 2016
  Frank Finlay, English actor (age 89)
• 2019
  Dick Miller, American actor (age 90)
• 2024
  Chita Rivera, Puerto Rican actress, dancer (age 91)